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May 21, 2021

Register for the 2nd Annual ISMS Webinar on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Learn more about and register for the 2nd Annual ISMS Webinar on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: What has happened?  What next?

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May 21, 2021

Fellow in Consumer Behavior Award: Call for Nominations

ACR members are invited to send nominations for the Fellow in Consumer Behavior Award to the Fellows Nominating Committee by June 21st, 2021.


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March 22, 2021

The 2022 (Denver) ACR conference co-chairs have been announced.

On behalf of 2022 ACR President Jen Argo and the entire ACR Board, we announce the 2022 (Denver) conference chair team.


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March 08, 2021

ACR Conference 2021 -  October 28 - 31, 2021

This conference will be virtual. It will be a renewal of our community with a few new twists to spark conversations in service of professional growth and to benefit from our diversity. 
https://www.acrwebsite.org/go/ACR2021

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March 03, 2021

FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING - Call for Papers - JACR

Issue Editors: Abigail Sussman, Hal Hershfield, and Oded Netzer 
Call for Papers | Journal of the Association for Consumer Research | Volume 8, Issue 4

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February 06, 2021

In honor of Jerome Williams

Jerome Williams, In Memoriam


The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. We are deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend, colleague, and mentor Jerome Williams. As a scholar, his record of award-winning and otherwise notable publications stretches back over 35 years, beginning interestingly enough with an ACR Special Volume in 1985.

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The Journal of the Association for Consumer Research is a quarterly journal of thematic explorations from the Association for Consumer Research. The mission of JACR is to broaden the intellectual scope and interdisciplinary influence of the Association for Consumer Research.

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Exploring Consumers’ Technology Dreams and Nightmares: A Collage-Elicitation Study

Céline Del Bucchia, Audencia Business School
CAROLINE LANCELOT-MILTGEN, Audencia Business School
Cristel Russell, American University, USA
Burlat Claire, Audencia Business School

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Narratives Among Vaccine-Skeptical Parents

Sandra Praxmarer-Carus, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Stefan Wolkenstoerfer, Universität der Bundeswehr München

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Augmented Reality, Augmented Trust: How Augmented Reality Enhances Consumer Trust In Online Shopping

Alberto Lopez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, MEXICO
Rachel Rodriguez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, MEXICO
Claudia Quintanilla, Tecnológico de Monterrey, MEXICO
Raquel Castaño, Tecnológico de Monterrey, MEXICO

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Q9. Free or Fee? Consumers’ Decision to Pay for the Premium Version of a Music Streaming Service Rather than Using its Free Version

Sebastian Danckwerts, Heinrich-Heine-University
Peter Kenning, Heinrich-Heine-University

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L8. Recover the Unrecoverable: How Co-Recovery Shifts Consumers ‘Attribution Following a Failed Recovery

Bo Huang, HEC Montreal, Canada
Yany Grégoire, HEC Montreal, Canada
Matthew Philp, HEC Montreal, Canada

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Time and Space for Robots and AI

Marat Bakpayev, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA

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